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I am Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I am also the editor of the academic journal The Latin Americanist.

No wonder that they have to rule by lies like we see at the present moment in Venezuela, ruled by a zombie or half-dead man.

No wonder that Scarcity reigns in Venezuela and you don't get milk, cheese, eggs, beef, chicken, etc ....

No wonder that the corrupt Venezuelans ( La Guardia Nacional ) sends scarce Venezuelan Products to Colombia where they get better prices.

No wonder that Venezuela lives in constant devaluations. Colombia was the poor country and Venezuela was looked up. Now Venezuela has to look up to its neighbor as a much more advanced nation. The "sister" nation has almost no oil but works very hard and exports lots of diversified products with a capitalist economy.

The entrepreneurs and intelligentsia of Venezuela emigrates to greener pastures in many other countries, including the "sister" nation. Many businesses started in Colombia by Venezuelan Entrepreneurs and Engineers that could not prosper in their home country.

Venezuela only exports oil. And is ruled by gangsters, thugs, streets bullies, delinquents and criminals. There are many buildings at the center of Venezuelan cities occupied by these "malandros" or bad guys.

InterAmerican Security Watch : "Since 1999, the year Hugo Chavez took over the presidency, Venezuela has had the lowest average GDP growth rate and the highest inflation of any Latin American country except Haiti."

Excerpts :

Venezuela has also seen a fivefold increase in assassinations to arguably the highest murder rate in the world.

In spite of having the largest oil reserves in the planet, Chavez managed to reduce Venezuela’s share of OPEC oil output from 4.8% to around 3%. He also managed to stimulate the largest out-migration of Venezuelans in memory.

My comment :

I weep for Venezuela because many little humble people have told me the story. And those are the best witnesses. So I have firsthand information about this tragedy. I do not need International Agencies to tell me that Venezuela is run by scoundrels, thugs and demagogues, I know it !! ....